New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-11
PROFESSIONAL OF AMATEURf
GOOD WORK WEDDING OUT PAID MEN.

PROFESSIONAL OF AMATEURf
GOOD WORK WEDDING OUT PAID MEN
THE LEAGUE RACE LOSES MUCH ISTEREsr-wILL
THE GIANTS GET SECOND PLACEi
The Staten Island Athletic CiuD has hearkened to
warning published In THE TRIBUNE last Sunday and has
decided to make several pronounced changes in the
arrangement Of its baseball club In future the club will
be purely amateur organization, and the members say
they will strive keep their club in that Glass; IL
by 40 doing their club be visibly weakened and the
hated rivals Bergen Point. The Staten Island
athletes should be congratulated their wise
ana should also be amply encouraged The club
play strong game in the future, but 1t will not at
Least sa under false fCs The club day or two
strongest players TO bring It down to purely amateur
with the club any more. The catchers Clark, and
Rooney Sweeney also longer members Of the club
Tally at second base and Roberts, the third
also out It is claimed that all Of these profess
sionals and In taking this step the Staten Island nine
only follows the wishes OF all true friends Of the club
The members OF the club say they will willingly sacri
fee their chances for the socaled amateur champion
ship to get purely club together The club has
also listened to The TRIBUNEs warning about the rdcu
lous strikeout record which becoming such pro-
nounced feature in these games The change freely
commented upon in Wednesdays game at Staten Island
when Stages srikeouts reduced to ten and Tyngs
| to four In the previous game at Bergen Point stagg
struck out seventeen and Tying thirteen Now the
play Is more evenly distributed and the game sharper
and much more interesting. Whether the Bergen Point
nns viii 9w the 60 I'D example set by hs staten
| can probably win the championship by keeping its
viii 70 os IN
future Finley will do most OF the catching for the staten
Larkin or Tyndale will look after tniri base De
Gamandia Is In Europe at present but will take his old
amateur sports will wish success to the staten Island
club In It's present commendable course The Brooklyn
Association on account of the professional element
which the staten Island and Bergen Point clubs
TIE Manhattan Athletic Club will also join and power.
fi OF vc amateur clubs could be formed
taken up now but such an organization should be
nI pn BY m ia hs .
four clobs could get along nicely without II.
The interest in the professional ranks 10 Just lively
as two months ago. The League and American Assoca-
ton as closely watched The pennant
fast drawing to close and the winners in each
at last be determined with degree of certainty
The ST. Louis club will without doubt win the Associa-
that the petrot club cannot well lose arst in tie
League. The two clubs are now arranging for special
series OF games for the championship OF the country and
there is probability OF the games being played
In this negbborhOod They Till attract an enormous
assemblage OF spectators. 1t is proposed to play
one game the Polo Grounds, Washington Park
Brooklyn, at St George staten Island three at ST.
be carried out one game will be played In Boston, one
in New-Y1rk, in Philadelphia and the other six in
ST. Louis and Detroit. The first OF the games will be
played about October Is.
That uncertain baseball organization with head
quarters at the Polo Grounds. called Giants when
they win and dubs when they ose Is OF town at
preent The club will not return to the home grounds
until September &c. and then for only about seven
games The in which the club will play its
through the West will OF be closely watched but
not with so much feeling as they would be If the club
al heft
CLUB still has chance To capture first honors hut only
the insane enthusiast pins much faith that chance
Tho ought however get second place and there
will he considerable disappointment In this city If does
have been death blow to the ambition OF the present
champions The Chicago club may not be formidable
not 70 have much rGabe r. finishing the race ahead Of
Giants uncertain and may do almost anything.
People who expected dire baseball caamities during
the week just past disappointed The special meet
ing OF the American Association held at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel Monday, and the most startling thing
the expulsion OF o. p Caylor The Arbitration
Committee meeting held in Philadelphia the fol
lowing day. and the League and Association settled their
dispute the Bean and Kinslow case in an amiable
and brothery manner The League won its case as 1t
always does seemed TO have Justice Its side and
ought to have The Association seems more de-
ternlned than not to admit reporters TO its meet
ings OF the directors appear to be conscious that
%oud u not look well in cold nsympst6ec type The
newspaper men would, We are sure, dress up their
should not have frightened nightmares about little
thing like that Ihe settlement oil the seatn case was
League ard the claim OF the Cincinnati club to those
players seemed superruous anyway.
In spite OF the disgraceu Of last Sunday the
Metropolitan club will play another game at weehawken
today The managers however claim that such Incl
dents as marred last Sundays game will not be repeated
today. workmen have been busy for several days
arranging accommodations for the crowd which will
undoubtedly present The grand stand and free seats
at Monitor Park enlarged and strengthened,
and special police arrangement has also been made
dealt with The Louisville and Metropolitan clubs viii
be the conestng mines The enormous pie SALE choking
features at Ridgewood Park L. l., today. The reporters
who are forced TO go out to nope tae D
up the grand stand requesting the spectators TO ais
continue expectoratng and throwing cigar stumps upon
the scribes below
In spite OF the denias from players and the manage
ment the items Published last Monday about trouble
in the METROPOLITAN Club The feeling, how
oway for the present aud everything is lovely in the
Indian wigwam vt ~ George Judicous management
will prevent further illfeeing
ELABORATE ACCOUNT OF 4 CRIMINAL.
Attorney General " Anderson Wednesday, received the
following unique letter from deputy sheriff In state
iss7 and IS addressed to the Estate Attorney, Atlanta.
Ca" It recites the following information: ~ yeu
ave the Records at Hand Please Let me know u your
State wants anserIng the following Description
Hight az feet weight $50 l00 thirty or hirty-
Ave, complecksaun dark; eyes Brown, Hair Brown.
M has a wife In your state. Said he helped 10 XIII
man there II you want him Let me KNOW. ~ Is
that this and definite description,
mot 10 sneak OF the small matter Of name, will enable
the y General TO at once locate the party.
THE MODERN PROCRgsTEs.
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